SunSeeker, your source being? I presume being apple's (recent?) patents. Well I just tried using the back of my iPod as a clickwheel... It just felt uncomfortable not using my thumb. Gotta say as much as I would like to see a video iPod that control mechanism just screams out not apple.
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